How the committee have been keeping themselves busy in lockdown

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It’s been a whirlwind few months, and it’s not escaped anyone’s notice that the start of the amateur and professional cricket season has been and gone without the sound of leather on willow. But, cricket is now in the horizon – international cricket is either imminent – or ongoing, or been and gone, depending on when you are reading this – and the county game, and the amateur game is surely just around the corner.

As we countdown to that return, the committee has been reflecting on how they’ve kept cricket-sane during lockdown. From podcasts to quizzes to highlights, here is a flavour of what we’ve been up to – to whet your appetite for the cricket to come.

Let us know if you have any to add to the list!

The podcast

First up, the award-winning “loosely cricket-based podcast” from Radio 1 presenter Greg James, former Maccabees guitarist Felix White, and the greatest seam bowler of all time, James Anderson.

Cricket on the Mall with Prince William. – Tailenders

Find out what happened on arguably the most surreal day in the history of Tailenders.  A game of Cricket on the Mall with Prince William, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Brian Lara, Sourav Ganguly, Ajinkya Rahane and a full compliment of Tailenders. Who was bowled first ball, who was smashing it everywhere, what was Fe chatting to Prince William about when they were stood in the slips together and is the heir to the throne any good at cricket? Also Harry Brook and Joe Root discuss the busy winter schedule coming up and working with new coach Stephen Fleming, plus Prince William has a very important message concerning Sir Jimmy!
  1. Cricket on the Mall with Prince William.
  2. Emilio Gay: Let’s get to know you better.
  3. Pimp Coat and Mood W***
  4. Kate Cross: I had a dream that I couldn’t have dreamt of.
  5. Does Joe Root shave one arm?

The magazine

Our cricketing magazine of choice? The independent voice of cricket: Wisden. On top of releasing their annual Almanacks, they also release Wisden Monthly – this month they compiled the 50 greatest moments in County Cricket history.

Other editions feature the future of English batting, an expose on England’s fastest bowler ever Mark Wood, and the battle for the future of 5-day Test cricket.

Visit the website to get it (also available on Kindle!)

The quiz

Now the first wave of over-quizzing has come and gone, we’ve written our own unique 20 question quiz, full of questions from the world of cricket and various SCC records.

The committee record is currently sitting at:

Muddy Waters – 73%

Can you beat him?

The 2019 highlights

Looking back on the incredible 2019 summer of cricket, the committee have pulled out their favourites from the England Cricket YouTube channel:

Ben Stokes’ final day at Headingley

Every time Stuart Broad got David Warner out in The Ashes!

England Women rack up a record 205-run win vs West Indies

The World Cup Final

The documentary

Our final recommendation is the No Boundaries documentary, following the incredible journeys of incredible cricketers: Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid, Eoin Morgan, Kate Cross, Katherine Brunt and more.